This article includes 2 lists of countries of the world and their total expenditure on health as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP). Total expenditure includes both public and private expenditures. See also: List of countries by total health expenditure per capita.
The first table and bar chart lists member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It shows each country's total spending (public and private) on health as a percent of GDP. GDP is a measure of the total economy of a nation.
The next table lists nearly all countries. It uses data from the World Health Organization (WHO). It also shows each country's total spending (public and private) on health as a percent of GDP.
The top chart to the right measures the total cost of health care (public and private expenditures) as a percent of GDP for a few nations. The chart below it shows that high life expectancy can be had across the range of health expenditures by country. See: List of countries by life expectancy.
A country list from OECD Data at Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.[1][2]
Location links below are "Healthcare in LOCATION" links.
| Location | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia |
5.8 | 6.5 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 10 | |
 Austria |
4.8 | 7 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 10.2 | 11.4 | 12.1 | 11.4 |
 Belgium |
3.9 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 8 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 11 | 10.9 |
 Canada |
6.3 | 6.5 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 10.7 | 13 | 12.3 | 11.2 |
 Chile |
7 | 6.8 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 9 | |||
 Colombia |
5.6 | 7.1 | 8.7 | 9 | 8.1 | |||
 Costa Rica |
6.6 | 8 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.2 | |||
 Czech Republic |
3.7 | 5.7 | 7.6 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 9.1 | ||
 Denmark |
8.4 | 8 | 8.1 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 9.5 | |
 Estonia |
5.2 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 6.9 | |||
 Finland |
5 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 10.3 | 10.2 |
 France |
5.2 | 6.8 | 8 | 9.6 | 11.2 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 11.9 |
 Germany |
5.7 | 8.1 | 8 | 9.9 | 11.1 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 12.7 |
 Greece |
6.1 | 7.2 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 8.6 | ||
 Hungary |
6.8 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 6.7 | |||
 Iceland |
4.7 | 5.9 | 7.4 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 8.6 |
 Ireland |
4.9 | 7.5 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 10.5 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 6.1 |
 Israel |
6.7 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.4 | |
 Italy |
7 | 7.6 | 8.9 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 9 | ||
 Japan |
4.3 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 7 | 9.1 | 11 | 11.3 | 11.5 |
 Latvia |
5.4 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 9 | 8.8 | |||
 Lithuania |
6.2 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.5 | |||
 Luxembourg |
4.8 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.5 | |
 Mexico |
4.4 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 5.5 | |||
 Netherlands |
6.5 | 7 | 7.7 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 11.2 | |
 New Zealand |
5.1 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 10.1 | 11.2 |
 Norway |
4 | 5.4 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 11.2 | 9.9 | 8 |
 Poland |
4.3 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.7 | ||
 Portugal |
2.3 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 8.6 | 10 | 10.5 | 11.1 | 10.6 |
 Slovakia |
5.3 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.6 | |||
 Slovenia |
7.8 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 8.8 | |||
 South Korea |
2.6 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 9.7 |
 Spain |
3.1 | 5 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 9.1 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.5 |
 Sweden |
5.4 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 8.3 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 10.7 |
 Switzerland |
4.8 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 9.1 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 11.3 |
 Turkey |
2.4 | 2.4 | 4.6 | 5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | |
 United Kingdom |
4 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 7.1 | 9.9 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 11.3 |
 United States |
6.2 | 8.2 | 11.2 | 12.5 | 16.2 | 18.8 | 17.4 | 16.6 |
Health spending by country. Percent of GDP (Gross domestic product). There are more countries than just OECD countries.[1][2]
A country list from World Health Organization's Global Health Expenditure Database.[4] Years were selected to get the latest year for these 5 countries included in the table: Albania, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen.
Row numbers are static. Other columns are sortable. This allows ranking of any column.
Asterisk (*) indicates "Healthcare in LOCATION"or"Health in LOCATION" links.
| Location | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2018 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan * |
8.6 | 7.9 | 9.5 | 14.2 | 15.5 | 16.8 |
 Albania * |
6.1 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.7 | ||
 Algeria * |
5.3 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.3 | |
 Andorra * |
7.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 9.1 | |
 Angola * |
2.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.9 | |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
5.4 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 5.6 | |
 Argentina * |
9.4 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 10.0 | |
 Armenia * |
9.4 | 9.1 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 12.2 | |
| Australia * |
8.5 | 8.7 | 9.8 | 10.1 | 10.6 | |
| Austria * |
10.0 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 11.5 | 12.2 |
 Azerbaijan * |
2.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.6 | |
 Bahamas |
5.3 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 7.6 | |
 Bahrain * |
3.9 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.7 | |
 Bangladesh * |
2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 | |
 Barbados * |
6.9 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 7.2 | |
 Belarus * |
4.9 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.4 | |
| Belgium * |
10.4 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 11.1 | |
 Belize * |
5.7 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.9 | |
 Benin * |
3.1 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 | |
 Bhutan * |
3.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.4 | |
 Bolivia * |
5.2 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 7.9 | |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina * |
9.2 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 9.8 | |
 Botswana * |
5.9 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.2 | |
 Brazil * |
7.8 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 9.5 | 10.3 | |
 Brunei * |
1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.4 | |
 Bulgaria * |
7.1 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 8.5 | |
 Burkina Faso * |
4.6 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.7 | |
 Burundi * |
10.1 | 8.5 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 6.5 | |
 Cape Verde * |
4.3 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 6.0 | |
 Cambodia * |
7.5 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 7.5 | |
 Cameroon * |
3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.8 | |
| Canada * |
10.4 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.8 | 12.9 | 11.7 |
 Central African Republic * |
3.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 11.0 | 9.4 | |
 Chad * |
3.9 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 5.4 | |
| Chile * |
6.8 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 9.1 |
 China * |
4.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.6 | |
| Colombia * |
6.8 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 9.0 | |
 Comoros * |
5.3 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.3 | |
 Congo * |
1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 4.5 | |
 Cook Islands |
3.6 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.2 | |
| Costa Rica * |
8.1 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.9 | |
 Croatia * |
7.7 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 7.8 | |
 Cuba * |
11.3 | 9.3 | 12.1 | 11.0 | 12.5 | |
 Cyprus * |
6.4 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 8.1 | |
| Czech Republic * |
6.9 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 9.2 | |
| Denmark * |
10.4 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 10.8 |
 Djibouti * |
3.4 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.0 | |
 Dominica * |
5.3 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 5.6 | |
 Dominican Republic * |
5.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.9 | |
 DR Congo * |
3.3 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.1 | |
 East Timor * |
6.9 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 9.9 | |
 Ecuador * |
6.5 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 8.5 | |
 Egypt * |
4.4 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.4 | |
 El Salvador * |
8.9 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 9.9 | |
 Equatorial Guinea * |
1.6 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.8 | |
 Eritrea * |
5.2 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | |
| Estonia * |
5.8 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 7.5 |
 Eswatini * |
8.5 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 6.5 | |
 Ethiopia * |
4.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.5 | |
 Fiji * |
3.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.7 | |
| Finland * |
9.2 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.0 | 9.6 | |
| France * |
11.2 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 12.2 | |
 Gabon * |
2.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.4 | |
 Gambia |
4.4 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 2.6 | |
 Georgia * |
8.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 7.6 | |
| Germany * |
10.8 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 12.8 | 12.8 |
 Ghana * |
4.7 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.0 | |
| Greece * |
9.2 | 8.9 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 9.5 | |
 Grenada * |
5.8 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 5.8 | |
 Guatemala * |
6.0 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.5 | |
 Guinea * |
3.8 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 | |
 Guinea-Bissau * |
6.2 | 5.9 | 10.0 | 7.6 | 8.4 | |
 Guyana * |
4.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 5.5 | |
 Haiti * |
5.9 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.2 | |
 Honduras * |
8.8 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 9.0 | 9.1 |
| Hungary * |
7.5 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 7.3 | |
| Iceland * |
8.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 9.6 | 9.7 |
 India * |
3.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.0 | |
 Indonesia * |
3.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.4 | |
 Iran * |
6.1 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 5.3 | |
 Iraq * |
2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 5.1 | |
| Ireland * |
10.6 | 10.6 | 9.5 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 6.7 |
| Israel * |
7.0 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 8.3 | |
| Italy * |
8.8 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 9.6 | 9.5 |
 Ivory Coast * |
4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.7 | |
 Jamaica * |
5.2 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 6.6 | |
| Japan * |
10.5 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.9 | |
 Jordan * |
8.1 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 7.5 | |
 Kazakhstan * |
2.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.8 | |
 Kenya * |
5.2 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.3 | |
 Kiribati * |
8.6 | 8.6 | 10.0 | 11.9 | 11.6 | |
 Kuwait * |
2.3 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 6.3 | |
 Kyrgyzstan * |
7.1 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 5.0 | 5.3 | |
 Laos * |
1.9 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.7 | |
| Latvia * |
5.7 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 7.4 | |
 Lebanon * |
8.2 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | |
 Lesotho * |
9.5 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 11.0 | 11.8 | |
 Liberia * |
9.4 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 9.5 | |
 Libya * |
6.1 | |||||
| Lithuania * |
6.5 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 7.9 |
| Luxembourg * |
6.0 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
 Madagascar * |
4.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.9 | |
 Malawi * |
5.3 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 5.4 | |
 Malaysia * |
3.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | |
 Maldives * |
7.9 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 11.3 | |
 Mali * |
4.0 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 | |
 Malta * |
8.4 | 8.4 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 10.8 | |
 Marshall Islands * |
13.1 | 13.0 | 13.2 | 15.3 | 13.0 | |
 Mauritania * |
2.5 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | |
 Mauritius * |
4.3 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.7 | |
| Mexico * |
5.5 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 6.2 | |
 Micronesia * |
13.1 | 12.3 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.6 | |
 Moldova * |
9.1 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 6.6 | 6.8 | |
 Monaco * |
2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 | |
 Mongolia * |
3.6 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.9 | |
 Montenegro * |
8.0 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 11.4 | |
 Morocco * |
5.8 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 6.0 | |
 Mozambique * |
5.0 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 8.1 | 7.6 | |
 Myanmar * |
1.9 | 2.4 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | |
 Namibia * |
9.8 | 9.3 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.9 | |
 Nauru * |
9.8 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 11.7 | 12.0 | |
 Nepal * |
4.4 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 5.2 | |
| Netherlands * |
10.2 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.0 | 11.1 | 11.2 |
| New Zealand * |
9.5 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 10.0 | |
 Nicaragua * |
7.4 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.6 | |
 Niger * |
4.9 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 6.2 | |
 Nigeria * |
3.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 | |
 Niue |
19.8 | 10.3 | 10.8 | 8.3 | 7.8 | |
 North Macedonia * |
6.5 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 7.9 | |
| Norway * |
8.8 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 10.0 | 11.4 | 10.1 |
 Oman * |
2.5 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 5.3 | |
 Pakistan * |
2.1 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.0 | |
 Palau |
10.8 | 11.6 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 18.4 | |
 Panama * |
7.1 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 9.7 | |
 Papua New Guinea * |
2.3 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | |
 Paraguay * |
5.8 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 7.6 | |
 Peru * |
4.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 6.3 | |
 Philippines * |
4.0 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 5.6 |
| Poland * |
6.2 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.6 |
| Portugal * |
9.7 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.2 |
 Qatar * |
1.6 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 4.2 | |
 Romania * |
4.7 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 6.3 | |
 Russia * |
4.8 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 7.6 | |
 Rwanda * |
7.9 | 8.1 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 7.3 | |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis * |
5.2 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.4 | |
 Saint Lucia * |
5.1 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 6.7 | |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * |
4.2 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.8 | |
 Samoa * |
5.4 | 5.1 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 5.3 | |
 San Marino * |
8.2 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.7 | |
 São Tomé and Príncipe * |
6.8 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 4.9 | |
 Saudi Arabia * |
3.7 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 5.5 | ||
 Senegal * |
4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.2 | |
 Serbia * |
9.1 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 8.7 | |
 Seychelles * |
4.8 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 6.4 | |
 Sierra Leone * |
13.3 | 10.6 | 19.7 | 8.3 | 8.8 | |
 Singapore * |
3.2 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 6.1 | |
| Slovakia * |
7.3 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 7.2 | |
| Slovenia * |
8.5 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 9.5 | 9.2 |
 Solomon Islands * |
5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.4 | |
 South Africa * |
7.9 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.6 | |
| South Korea * |
6.0 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 8.4 | |
 South Sudan * |
6.3 | 5.3 | ||||
| Spain * |
9.2 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 10.7 | |
 Sri Lanka * |
3.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 | |
 Sudan * |
5.6 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 3.0 | |
 Suriname * |
4.4 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 6.7 | 6.8 | |
| Sweden * |
10.4 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 11.4 | 11.3 |
| Switzerland * |
10.0 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 11.4 | 11.8 | |
 Syria * |
2.5 | 3.0 | ||||
 Tajikistan * |
5.9 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 8.2 | |
 Thailand * |
3.6 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | |
 Togo * |
4.6 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 6.0 | |
 Tonga * |
3.8 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.3 | |
 Trinidad and Tobago * |
4.7 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 6.7 | 7.3 | |
 Tunisia * |
6.1 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 6.3 | |
| Turkey * |
4.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.6 | |
 Turkmenistan * |
3.2 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 5.7 | |
 Tuvalu * |
14.1 | 13.6 | 14.7 | 18.2 | 21.5 | |
 Uganda * |
6.7 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | |
 Ukraine * |
6.8 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.6 | |
 United Arab Emirates * |
3.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 5.7 | |
| United Kingdom * |
9.9 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 12.0 | 11.9 |
 Tanzania * |
5.1 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.7 | |
| United States * |
16.1 | 16.1 | 16.2 | 16.6 | 18.8 | |
 Uruguay * |
7.9 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 9.2 | |
 Uzbekistan * |
5.3 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 6.7 | |
 Vanuatu * |
3.6 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.0 | |
 Venezuela * |
7.2 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 2.4 | 3.8 | |
 Vietnam * |
4.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.7 | |
 Yemen * |
4.8 | 5.2 | 4.8 | |||
 Zambia * |
3.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 5.6 | |
 Zimbabwe * |
8.1 | 6.9 | 8.1 | 4.7 | 3.4 |
